I’ve been very busy lately, what with my regular work (sporadic as it may be, it’s pretty intense when it hits), my “part time” job (taking up more and more time every week), my Oktoberfest involvement (which is just about to be done, forever and ever, world without end, amen), the house, and playing Bingo apps every night.*

I just thought I’d check in. I’m about to go assemble the meatloaf for dinner. Unlike others, possibly, we love meatloaf. I say ‘possibly’ because I think meatloaf has gotten a bad rap. I guess it can be pretty dull, a small amount of ground meat stretched to the breaking point with bland fillers. But it’s also seriously comfort food for many of us. And, made with good ingredients, quite tasty.

Granted, liking meatloaf isn’t quite as odd as, say, my family’s (that is, the nuclear family I grew up in, consisting of my mother, father, two sisters & me) reaction to liver when I was growing up. We all liked it so much, you would have thought we were having the finest steaks. When I was very young, I once picked at a piece of liver left on the stove until I ate it all. I’m not sure what, exactly, we had for dinner after that….

Anyway, more than a few people like meatloaf, or at least I’m assuming that, from Boston Market’s menu.

All that was to say that we’re going to have what we consider a specially good dinner tonight. Meatloaf, cabbage (cooked as suggested in The Complete Encyclopedia of Vegetables and Vegetarian Cooking, which everyone should have in their kitchen—no, really! It tells you what seasoning go with which vegetables and suggests basic techniques for cooking as well as recipes), and Gooed Potatoes. “Gooed potatoes” is the family name (from one of my older sisters when she was a child) for creamed potatoes—boiled potatoes in a thick, rich cream sauce. It’s a nice alternative to mashed, and reminds me of my childhood. (That last part may not apply to everyone.)

So everyone enjoy their Sunday evening, and we’ll meet back here later this week, ‘kay?

*I’m not proud of it, but I’ve gotten rather seriously into Bingo on my iPad. Not to the point of spending money or anything. I mean, come on! Do you know me?!?